Trump Tweets North Korea Is 'No Longer a Nuclear Threat'

President Donald Trump steps off Air Force One as he arrived Wednesday, June 13, 2018, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. Trump returned from Singapore and a meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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President Trump tweeted upon landing back on US soil, and one sentence in particular is grabbing attention: "There is no longer a Nuclear Threat from North Korea." In a subsequent tweet he wrote that "before taking office people were assuming that we were going to War with North Korea. President Obama said that North Korea was our biggest and most dangerous problem. No longer - sleep well tonight!" The AP isn't so sure, calling it "a bold and questionable claim" in the wake of a summit "that produced few guarantees on how and when Pyongyang would disarm." CNN picks up on that thread, noting the document Trump and Kim Jong Un signed "reaffirmed [Kim's] firm and unwavering commitment to complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula."

That's minus the "verifiable and irreversible" part the US had previously wanted, and makes for a pledge that CNN sees as essentially identical to what Kim said he would do in his April meeting with South Korean President Moon Jae-in. The Guardian reports that when asked about verification on Tuesday, Trump had this to say: "We're going to have to check it and we will check it. We'll check it very strongly." Former National Security Adviser and UN ambassador Susan Rice was blunt in comments to NPR, describing the current nuclear threat from North Korea as "real and present and unabated ... grave and pernicious. ... It's a rather preposterous claim from the president." (Read more President Trump stories.)

Washington (CNN)The US Department of Homeland Security said that it has identified malicious cyber activity by the North Korean government, according to a new report released on Thursday, just days after the historic summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un. DHS and FBI analysts working with US government partners highlighted the use of what are known as Trojan malware variants -- software used by the North Korean government that is intended to damage or disable computers and computer systems. https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/14/politics/dhs-north-korea-malware-campaign/index.html

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Jun 14, 2018 1:34 PM CDT

And the moron flock believes The war dodging Wife cheating trash in chief. So ignorant Its what NK 12th promise to de nuke G TFO H

kawahchan

Jun 14, 2018 10:44 AM CDT

EU vs North Korea's Denucleanrised : It is very premature baloney Trump's Sanctions, once North Korea will face Energy shortage without nuclear power for Electricity to run industry, no light on to North Korean households.South Korean President Moon Jae-in 's puppet government dominated by foreign SOFA power and Japan's influence, there are mature Light-Weight Water nuclear facility running by foreign private nuclear company like GE, etc.